Folding trunk.



A. WARNE.

FOLDING TRUNK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1913.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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FOLDING TRUNK Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March31, 1913. Serial No. 758,078.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ALFRED VVARNE, citi-,

zenof the United States, residing at Miami, in the county of Dade andState of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFolding Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to an improvement in trunks;

The primary object. of the invention is to provide a trunk which, whennot in use, may

pintle pins of the hinge .memberswhich are be collapsed Ito occupy acomparatively,

small space. i 4

A further object of the invention is to so construct the sections ofwhich the trunk is formed that it may be readily taken apart and thesections assembled in a compact acka e which ma be convenientl trans- ,P:1 Y

tion, reference is to be had tothe following description andaccompanying drawings,;in which I Figure 1 is a perspective view of thetrunk, the lid being raised; Fig, 2 is a perspectiveview with the lidclosed; Fig. 3 is a perspective view, the front wall and the tray beingremoved; Fig. i is a longitudinal section; Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof the trunk in its folded position; Fig. 6 is a transverse section ofthe trunk folded; Fig.

7 is a detail view of the connecting means for the side and endsections; and Fig. 58 is a detail view showing the manner in which thetray prevents thedi'splacement of the secured to the'wall of the trunk.-

. Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription'and indicated in all the views of. the drawings by the samereference characters.

Broadly, the present invention contemplates the provision of a trunkformed of sections which may bedisassembled, certain of the sectionsafter being disassembled,

forming a jpocketfor receiving :member in Patented o afzo, 1914.

which the other sections may be placed, the

strap fastening means of the trunk being so arranged that it may, beused to securely hold thesections together. i

In the drawings, 10 designates ofthe trunk. The endwalls 11 are hingedlyso the bottoml connected torthe edges 12 of the bottom, thel hinges 13being secured to the inner faces of 14 and15 are the, same-height as theend the bottom and end walls. The side members 6,5

wallsll; These sidemembers are hingedly s 2 connected to the end walls,the hinge con-' nection being illustrated in detail in Fig.

7. This hinge connection consists of the hinge plates 17 disposedfinpairs with their" pintle lugs interlocking in the usual mannein Thereare four sets of these connections provided, one, set being arranged ateach corner of the trunk.

.Each .set of hinge plates is connected by rod 18. The upper terminalsof the rods'lS are formed withan extension 19' which is provided withafiat face on which the trunk tray 20 rests. 1 It will thus be notedthat the tray '20 is supported at each corner of the trunk, the traymaintaining the rods 18 j f within the pintlelugs, the-tray holding therods- 18 against accidental displacement.

The tray iszalso supportedby strips 21 secured to the innerfaces of theend walls 11.-

It will-be. seen bythisconstruction, that the side and end'walls are"hingedly. connected, and that the side walls] may be removed from the;end walls by lifting the. rods 18 out of. the pintle lugs of the hingeplates 17.

A strip 22 ishingedly connected .to the sidesectionl i, which forms therear wall of the trunk, each pair ofhinge plates 23 having their pintlelugs connectedby apin 24;

which may be conveniently removed to separate the section 14 from thestrip 22. These pintle pins are supportedagainst displace ment by lugs25'arranged on the rear wall of the tray.

hingedly connected to the strip 22. This top section is provided withthe end members 27 and the side members28 which formacontinuation of thecnd'fland sidesections when the lid is closed.

The top section or lid 26 ofth trunk is f "The tray 20sconsistsof thebottomboard A '29 to which the longitudinalmembers 3.0

are hingedly connected, whereby they may faces of the longitudinal;members 30 are .1

foldgupon the' bottomfboard. The inner formed adjacent each end and atpoint intermediate their ends with guideways 31 which receive theterminals of the partitioning members 32. These partitioning members areinserted within the guide ways, thereby maintaining the longitudinalmembers 30 at right angles to the bottom board 29. By this construction,it will be noted that the tray may be collapsed by removing thepartitioning members and folding the longitudinal members 30 on thebottom board.

Straps 33 are securedito one edge of the bottom 10, said straps beingprovided with buckles which receive the straps 34 which are secured tothe other edge of the bottom. These straps embrace the trunk when thesame is set up for use.

When it is desired to collapse the trunk,- the tray is removed and thepartitioning members withdrawn from the guide ways 31, in order that thelongitudinal members may be folded upon'the bottom member 29, thepartitioning members 32 being placed 25 upon the board with their endportions disposed beneath the longitudinal members 30. The pins 18 arethen removed and the end sectionsll folded upon the bottom 10, thebottom being formed with recesses which 3 receive the tray supports 21in order that the end sections,when folded, may be disposed flushwiththe bottom. 7 a When the side section 14, which forms the rear wallof the trunk, is removed, the pin- 35 )tle pins that connect the hingeplates 23 are withdrawn, separating the section 1a from the strip 22.The side sections it and 15 are then placed together, their faces whichcarry the hinge plates contacting with each other, the pintle lugs ofall'the plates 17 of one section being brought into'interlockingrelation with thepintle lugs of the plates 17 of the othersection. Therods 18 are then inserted, securely locking the side sections together.The strip 22 is swung upon its hinge until its end portions 36 contactwith the edges 37 of the end members 27 of the top, thus forming arectangular receptacle. The tray in its collapsed form is placed withinthe receptacle thus formed, and the side sections 14 and 15, which arelocked together, are placed upon the tray.

The bottom section, to which is hingedly connected the end walls 11, isthen placed upon the side sections 14: and 15. The side and end sections27 and 28 of the top section or lid 26 are provided with an extension 38which, when thesections are thus assembled, embraces theedge of thebottom 10,,

6 forming a compact, substantially rectangular package which occupiescomparatively little space and which may be conveniently transported. Itwill be obvious that with the sections assembled as described above,

the straps 33 and 34 may be connected and the sections effectually heldtogether. The sections are so arranged within the rectangular receptacleformed by the lid that relative movement of the same is prevented.

Particular attention is called to the simplicity of the connectingmeans, and to the fact that the sections may be convenientlydisassembled without the use of cumbersome spring catches and locks. Itwill also be seen that the entire structure may be easily andeconomically manufactured, and that the connecting meansfor the sectionsoccupies comparatively small space within the trunk, said connectingmeans being so disposed that clothing which is placed Within the trunkwill not be torn through contact with the same. Attention is also calledto the manner in which the side and end sections are connected, and tothe fact that the 1 tray forms a locking means for this con nection. Itwill be noted that when the trunk is set up for use, it is assubstantial as the usual form of trunk, and handling of the trunk cannotdisplace the connecting means or in any way endanger the trunk beingpartially collapsed when in use, the sections being so connected as tocoact with each other to form a substantial structure.

'Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let- 5 ters Patent is:

1. A trunk including a bottom, end sections hingedly connected to thebottom, side sections, a connection between the side and end sections,said connection comprising interlocking plates, the plates of one sidesection being disposed to interlock with the plates of the other sidesection when the sections are disassembled, a strip hingedly connectedto one of the side sections, and a lid hingedly supported by the strip,said lid and strip forming a substantially rectangular receptacle whenthe sections are disassembled. I

' 2. A trunk including a bottom, end sections hingedly connected to thebottom, side sections, hinge plates carried by the side and endsections, said hinge plates being formed with pintle lugs, the pintlelugs of the hinge plates of the end sections interlocking with 115 thepintle lugs of the hinge plates of the side sections, and a tray supportconsisting of a rod disposed to extend through the interlocking pintlelugs of the hinge plates and secure the side and end sections together,said rod being formed with a fiattened terminal disposed at right anglesto its body portion on which the tray of the trunk is adapted to rest.

'3. A trunk including a bottom, end sections hingeclly connected to thebottom, side sections, a connection between the side and end sections,said connection comprising interlocking'plates, a member constituting a1 tray support disposed to maintain said 130 plates in interlockingengagement, the plates of one side section being disposed to interlockwith the plates of the other side section when the sections aredisassembled.

t. A trunk including a bottom, end sections hingedly connected to thebottom and disposed to fold thereon when the trunk is disassembled sidesections, the side-and end sections each carrying plates formedwithpintle lugs, the pintle lugs of the plates carried by the side membersinterlocking with the pintlelugs' of the plates carried by the endmembers, means constituting a tray'support for securing the interlockingpintle Copies of this patent may be obtained for lugstogether a striphingedly connected to one of the side sections a lid hingedly connectedto said strip, said lid being formed with side and end sections whichcoact with the strip to which the lidis hinged to form a rectangularreceptacle for the side and -Witnesses:

RICHARD W. GRAY, LONIBELLE Goonn. I

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